SB

One of the best puzzles in a while. Very satisfying solve. Great theme. Limited amount of trivia. Ticks all the boxes that I like in a puzzle. And what a construction feat! (that too without showing off!)

For me, this was the worst ever Sunday puzzle over the past 2 years I have been playing. Diabolical theme with homophones, too niche trivia, poor clues, unsolvable crosses, and so on. This puzzle shouldn't have passed the editor's desk. Other commenters have mentioned about other poor clues. I will take my grudge out on [Not Stereo] which should ideally solve to MONO, but it solves to IN MONO. With so much of trivia already in the puzzle, I didn't appreciate how simple words like SIR were also clued niche trivia. The puzzle seemed forced and not at all a happy fill.